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I mean... they have to take it upon themselves to cook. My mom never wanted to teach me so I took culinary classes in high school and I look up recipes to try out. There's so many videos and recipes online so if someone really doesn't know how to cook... they don't want to know

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basically anybody can cook simple things like pasta if they actually focus and follow the instructions. I think most people who claim that they "can't cook" anything at all either just want an excuse to eat out, don't think cooking is fun, or can't be bothered.

i think its how some people trap you into eating there food because you say something on the lines i bet you can cook fine and now you got to try it lol. and 9 times out of 10 its pretty freaking amazing. and they probably already knew that lol.

I wanted to vote, but the first three options (A, B, C) are the main causes of people not being able to cook/not willing to learn , and really don't know which of them might be the main one, since it depends about the situations. Anyway, I would say B, since cooking in a decent way isn't that difficult, so most people tried but they. are lazy and so they give up.

I immediatly doubt anyone who claims an inability to do whatever they claim not to be able to. People can do anything, if they set their minds to it, within reason of course.. but cooking is not difficult by any means.

My mother said I'm not allowed to learn how to cook and if I try to learn she will kick me out of the house. When I graduate from university - I will probably learn how to cook once I move out. I am allowed to use the microwave so I used to cook chicken and pasta and home made lasanga in the microwave.

I guess it's boring for them, but... maybe they just need to get stimulated to do it, and try for some days to start apreciating. Sure, waching them can be the bad part, but... we have machines for that today, is not that awfull.

They just need to try and get the taste for it. As soon they feel they are coking something decente, they will start valuing the skill.

they either don't want to cook or haven't been taught. My mama taught me how to use a stove and oven when i was a kid and heck my 14 yr old niece even knows how to cook. I see it like this, if you wanna eat , you'll cook lol. people can't always go out to eat and your mama can't cook for you forever so you better learn to cook if you so called can't cook.

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So true. I feel that now especially with the internet, even if you don't have that mom figure or dad figure teaching you, you can learn. It's hard for me to believe say, a doctor who has to learn how to literally save lives all day long, couldn't figure out how to fry and egg, or cook some rice. Cooking is far less technical and far easier than that. That's crazy.

I have said I can't cook. I am not referring to an ability or inability to learn at all. I am stating I never learned how and am not about to. You can microwave just about anything and do very simple things on the stove (like open a can, pour it in a pot, heat up the food from the can), as well as buy stuff you don't have to cook, so there is no reason to learn how to cook if you're not going to have kids.

"Lazy" refers to not doing things you should do or have to do, like you have work to do on the job and won't do it. I don't see not being interested in cooking as lazy, especially as a single person.

Everything takes practice, but that doesn't make them hard. Boiling some water to cook pasta and then tossing it with some tomatoes and oil isn't hard. There are a million recipes easily available at our fingertips that are incredibly easy to follow. With the Internet, there is no excuse to not be able to put together a decent meal. If someone doesn't cook it's not because they can't, it's because they don't want to.

I get that. But that's the point, isn't it? When people say they can't cook that's not really true... it always comes down to something else... they have no interest in cooking, or its not a priority for them... etc

I love cooking on weekends when I have the time to devote to making something fabulous. Love baking on weekends too. Making something completely from scratch is such a great feeling, especially when it tastes great haha

On weekdays though I generally limit my cooking to meals that take less than half an hour. Pastas, stir fry's, grilled or roasted veggies, etc.

Some people are genuinely lazy and won't even try to cook, but I believe most try a few times but don't make it perfect each time so they claim they suck. I love cooking and baking but every time I make rice in a stick pot on the stove I ALWAYS burn it without fail. It has to be in a rice cooker, steamer or non stick pan, but until I tried to make it the last few ways I just gave up for a long time and never made it saying I sucked. It took courage to try it again and make it differently.

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the same thing i think about vegetarians who go around saying they're vegetarians, its like stfu already, we know it's just a fad you're going through, no true human can go through life without meat